ucsd-cse-spis-2016 / Castle-starter

Castle Game starter code

Castle-starter

Castle Game starter repo

HOW TO PLAY

1. Create spis16-Castles-First-L repo: Using Method 1, with starter code, create a new private repo with these instructions:

   • Create the repo under the ucsd-cse-spis-2016 github organization
   • Give it the name spis16-Castles-First-L where First is your first name, and L is the first letter of your last name.
   • Use this repo (the one you are looking at now, i.e. https://github.com/ucsd-cse-spis-2016/Castle-starter as the starter code to import)

2. Use git clone to clone that repo into your ~/github directory.

3. Use idle to edit the castles.json file to change the zeros for each day to the numbers you want for your castles (more details below.).

4. Run python check_castles.py to verify the validity of your castles (i.e. to make sure you don't have more than 100 in any given line, etc.)

5. Use git push origin master to update the copy on github.

6. Each day, return and update your castle values for the next days round.

Note: You can also edit directly at the github web page. If you do that, the changes won't be reflected in the clone unless and until you use git pull origin master to update the cloned copy from the github.com copy.

Editing castles.json to set your castles

For each remaining day of SPIS, you can play the Castle game by updating the file castles.json in this repo with your entries for that day's competition.

The file castles.json should contain the following when you first copy this repo.

{ 
    "0823" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0824" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0825" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0826" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0827" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0828" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0829" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0830" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0831" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0901" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
}

To enter each days competition, you'll edit the numbers in the list for that day so that they represent your 10 castles.

The numbers should sum to 100, and should all be non-negative.

For example, if Alex Triton were playing, and Alex wanted to be ready for the competition that ends on 08/23 at midnight, Alex might put this into the castles.json file in https://github.com/ucsd-cse-spis-2016/spis16-Castles-Alex-T:

{ 
    "0823" : [ 11, 11, 11, 11, 22, 5, 6, 21, 1, 1 ],
    "0824" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0825" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0826" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0827" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0828" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0829" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0830" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0831" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],
    "0901" : [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
}

Checking your numbers for validity

To check your numbers, you can git clone the repo you create into your ~/github directory, then cd into your repo.

To check that you edited the castle.json file correctly, you can run the script check_castles.py, either in IDLE, or by typing python check_castles.py at the Unix command line (bash shell prompt).

The script will check the following:

• that your JSON is formatted properly
• that the dates are the expected ones
• that your list of castles for each date has exactly 10 castles
• that your lists contain only non-negative integers
• that your lists sum to 100 or less

If the values all pass the test, then you'll be entered into the competition.